Buckland Court

Buckland Court is a large house located in Buckland-in-the-Moor, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with some red brick, featuring mathematical tiles on the front and left gable wall, while the rest is rendered. The building has slated roofs with rendered brick chimneys, and a rear wing on the right with a mansard roof. The layout consists of a long rectangular main range with a central entrance facing southeast and various projections at the rear. The house is two storeys high, with garrets in the front range, and has a five-window front. The central bay is a large bow, which contains a formerly glazed door flanked by narrow windows, all divided and flanked by rendered pilaster-strips. Above is a plain frieze, a moulded cornice, and a blocking course, with Venetian windows on either side of the bow. The second storey features a tripartite window in the centre, with two narrower windows on either side, and five hipped dormers with slated cheeks. The interior has largely been gutted, but a few doors, fireplaces, and fragments of moulded plasterwork remain. The building is significant for its largely intact exterior and its important position at the entrance to Buckland hamlet. It is one of only six examples of mathematical tiling known to exist in Devon. Efforts are underway to preserve the building, and the left-hand rear wing has been renovated. According to White's Directory of Devonshire from 1850, E.R.P. Bastard, Esq., had a "handsome seat" called Buckland Court, which was enlarged and beautified about 25 years prior by the widow of the late John Pollexfen Bastard, Esq.